Georgia’s Republican candidate for governor, Rick Jackson, is homing in on the state’s social media laws for minors after Meta’s historic child safety settlement, pledging to codify the safety standards settled on in the lawsuit across all major platforms in the state.

Jackson made the announcement on Wednesday, one week after Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr settled with social media giant Meta Platforms, which owns popular platforms including Facebook and Instagram, as part of a multi-state, $17.1 billion settlement. The settlement on allegations that the company produced apps designed to addict children also included a commitment from Meta to introduce a wide swath of child safety reforms to its platforms.

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